Michelle Ruminski
Political reporter, BBC Somerset

Hal Hooberman, the Labour candidate for Glastonbury and Somerton, said he is “extremely excited for a Labour government”.

Even locally, he said he can see “significant support” for his party, but he is not surprised some supporters have turned to the Lib Dems to keep the Conservatives out.

Mr Hooberman said he is proud of his local Labour campaign which he said had been the most extensive ever seen in this seat.

Michelle Ruminski
Political reporter, BBC Somerset

Adam Dance the candidate for Yeovil and Sarah Dyke the candidate for Glastonbury & Somerton have finally arrived.

Neither are giving much away.

Adam Dance said: “It’s good to be here at the count and I’m looking forward to the results”.

Sarah Dyke said the outcome in Glastonbury & Somerton is just “too close to call”.

There is no sign yet of either of their main Conservative opponents.

Michelle Ruminski
Political reporter, BBC Somerset

Tom Carter, the Reform UK candidate for Glastonbury & Somerton, said “he’s pleasantly surprised” with the turnout for his party both local and nationally.

In the results already declared nationally, he said Reform UK is consistently coming in second and he hopes this will be the case in Glastonbury & Somerton too.

He said the party is doing well because Reform UK is “connecting with working families” on its cost of living policies and plans to lower energy bills.

Jacob Rees-Mogg has arrived at the North East Somerset and Hanham count which is taking place at the University of Bath. He was formerly the MP for North East Somerset, one of the constituencies which changed boundaries last year.

Cheryl Dennis
BBC News, West of England

This is Thomas Daw, The Green Party Candidate for Weston-super-Mare - but some people think he's the Oscar winner, Cillian Murphy.

Thomas, who is 20 years old, says some people actually voted for him because they thought he was the actor himself.

However, he told me: "it's a great compliment, but also reflects how uninspired, or how undecided, some people were when it came to the election.

"They were looking for anything that bought them joy, or inspiration, to come out and vote."

Kelly Withers
BBC News, Somerset

The Reform UK candidate says he thinks the party has done very well in Bridgwater.

William Fagg, who lives in Brean, only decided to stand for the party days before nominations closed.

He said: “I am not a politician, I had a blank piece of paper.”

Mr Fagg added: “I believe if we threw more resources into this seat from the beginning we could have won it.”

Martin Jones
BBC West

Jacob Rees-Mogg has arrived at the North East Somerset & Hanham count.

And, as ever, a scrum of photographers and journalists surrounded him and the family members who accompanied him.

He'd brought a large bag of sandwiches, as he often does, to help activists get through the long hours of counting.

However, I'm hearing even more strongly from Labour activists that they are feeling confident of winning. Mr Rees-Mogg is facing off against Dan Norris, the man whose seat he took in 2010.

The Bath constituency is also being counted here. Liberal Democrats are relaxed and smiling when discussing that seat, with Labour talking up their chances of coming second.

Cheryl Dennis
BBC News, West of England

Labour and Tory supporters exchanging bewildered looks at the North Somerset count.

Conservative supporters have told us they're the "most nervous they've ever been".

Some, with decades behind them supporting the party, say they've never seen it so close.

The Tories have held the seat in various forms since the 1880s.

Kelly Withers
BBC News, Somerset

Ashley Fox, the Conservative candidate for Bridgwater, says he is feeling “positive”.

The old Bridgwater and West Somerset constituency was a Conservative stronghold, with the former MP Ian Liddell Grainger winning the seat in 2001.

Kelly Withers
BBC News, Somerset

Counting is well under way here at the Bridgwater constituency.

The turnout is 56%.

The Labour team think the result could be close.

If the party wins it would be a big political moment, locally.

Labour haven’t had an MP in the Somerset council area since 1950.

Ross Pollard
Somerset Reporter, BBC West

Linda and Kaye have been counting ballot papers for many years in Somerset.

Besides their love of purple hair, they also share a love of meeting new people at election counts.

Both women live in Taunton and encourage others to get involved.

Kaye says “besides the extra money it gives, it’s real good fun."

Dan Ayers
BBC News, Somerset

We’ve had the turnout figures from the two counts taking place at the Bath & West Showground and they are both slightly down from the 2019 General Election figures.

Frome and East Somerset: 46,859 – 65.45%

Wells and Mendip Hills: 50,517 – 68.7%

Cheryl Dennis
BBC News, West of England

But not by as much as Weston-super-Mare which is being counted in the same room...

The number of people who voted was 53,943, which is a turnout of 72.48%. That compares to 77.68% last time round.

Martin Jones
BBC News, West of England

The turnout figure in North East Somerset & Hanham is 69.4%

It's hard to compare directly with previous years as the boundaries of this seat have changed considerably.

But it follows a trend of lower turnout in a number of seats this time round.

Both the Bath seat and North East Somerset & Hanham are starting to count now - we're expecting results in a couple of hours.

I'm hearing from Labour activists Dan Norris is feeling "quietly confident" in his battle against Jacob Rees-Mogg - but of course no results have been announced yet.

Ross Pollard
Somerset Reporter, BBC West

Wellsprings Leisure Centre usually hosts gymnastics competitions and sports tournaments.

Tonight different political parties are competing not on the pommel horse but the counting floor.

Everything to the left (B) is Tiverton & Minehead counting and to the right (A) is Taunton & Wellington.

Michelle Ruminski
Political reporter, BBC Somerset

The turnout for Yeovil is down by 10.51% from the last election in 2019, standing at 61.39%.

And Glastonbury & Somerton is also down around 10%, with 64.66% turning out to vote.

Michelle Ruminski
Political reporter, BBC Somerset

Official turnout figures are in for the Yeovil seat, and Glastonbury & Somerton, and they show a downwards trend of between 10 and 11%.

In Yeovil 61.39% of eligible voters turned out to vote. This compares with 71.9% in the 2019 General election; so turnout is down by 10.51%.

Meanwhile in Glastonbury & Somerton, turnout is 64.66%. In 2019 it was 75.6%. So turnout is down by 10.94%.

The votes at both counts here have now been verified and counting proper has started in the Yeovil constituency.

Martin Jones
BBC News, West of England

The turnout figure for Bath has just been announced - and it's the lowest figure since 2005.

Turnout was 69.4% this year. In 2019, it was 76.9%.

The last time it was lower was in 2005, when turnout was 68.6%.

Jonathan Ray is here through the small hours bringing you the very latest updates and analysis from our political reporters across the region - as our results start to be declared

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Cheryl Dennis
BBC News, West of England

The Green Party candidate in North Somerset is 25 years-old but got interested in politics when he was just 15.

It's the first time he's ever stood for election, and is hoping to increase the party's share of the vote.

He says he's been for a cuppa with his Conservative opponent, Sir Liam Fox, saying he believes it's worth learning from other politicians, even if their views vary.